Professional Logo Designer Online Course

Professional Logo Designer Online Course in Botswana

2KO Botswana
offers online Professional Logo Designer courses in Botswana.
2KO Botswana's Professional Logo Designer courses are offered to
our international and local students. 2KO delivers cutting-edge IT products in the consulting and business services space, as well as offering top-rated training for various IT vendors. Our internationally recognised courses can be offered either as hands-on full time classes, or as online learning, to ensure students have access to the best Professional Logo
Designer training in Botswana.

But a
noticeable, attractive logo that stands out from the crowd can make
your business stick in someone's mind for longer than a fleeting
moment. With the right design and placement, positive associations
can form in a very short space of time; which means, basically, that
logos are very important. This online logo design course will show
you how to make yours count.

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Step-by-Step Secrets
to Designing Great Logos

Master the
use of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator for effective logo design

Explore the
function of logos and why some work better than other

Discover the
fundamental design principles behind great logo

Learn how to
land clients and understand what they want from a design

Push your
creative skills into an in-demand, specialised area

Combine
Technical Skills with Creative Principles

While this
course has been created with designers in mind, you do not need any
previous design experience to complete is successfully. Small
business owners, art students, prospective freelancers, or anyone
looking to learn how to creative effective logos will be able to
follow the material easily. A basic knowledge of Illustrator,
Photoshop and design principles is helpful but not necessary. This
online course will lead you through the entire logo design workflow
from start to finish, using real world examples and step-by-step
instructions. You'll start off with understanding the concept,
functions and importance of logos. Next you'll analyse some of the
most recognised logos in the world and explore best practices and
current trends in logo design. Plagiarism and copyright - very
important topics for any creative job - are also covered at this
stage.

Next you'll take
an in-depth look at the visual elements of a logo and two of the
most important elements; typography and colour. Following that, the
nitty gritty of the logo design process and graphics fundamentals
will be covered, before the most challenging stage; getting to know
how Photoshop and Illustrator work and actually creating your first
logo using both. By the end of this course you will not only have
gained the design theory and creative know-how to come up with great
logo designs, you'll also have the technical skills needed to create
them.

Tools Used

This course is
taught using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator, the two
gold-standard software packages in the design industry. Photoshop is
used for editing and manipulating images and photographs, while
Illustrator is used to design graphics and visual elements. They
have many similar features, so if you're familiar with one, you'll
already have a good working knowledge of the other.

Course Content

The Power Of
Typography
Introduction To The Power Of Typography
Type-Only Logos
Understanding Typeface Styles
Typography Terminology
Choosing A Typeface Hierarchy
Forbidden Fonts!
Font Resources

Understanding Colour
Introduction To Understanding Colour
How Colour Is Interpreted
Brand Differentiation Via Color
How Many Colours Should A Logo Have
Understanding Color Spaces

Creating A Logo With Photoshop and
Illustrator
Introduction To Creating A Logo With Photoshop and Illustrator
Clean Up With Photoshop
Automatically Converting Pixels To Vector Shapes
Manually Tracing Pixels To Create Vector Shapes
Ideas For Logo Variations
Saving To Different File Formats From Illustrator
Saving To Different File Formats From Photoshop

Additional Resources
Introduction To Additional Resources
Inspirational Resources For Logo Designers
How Much Should You Charge
How To Find Clients
Conclusion